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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Diagrams</span><span class="f_BodyText"> are collections of project elements laid out and inter-connected as required.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect supports all of the UML diagrams, as well as some custom extensions. Together with the Enterprise Architect elements and connectors, these form the basis of the model. Diagrams are stored in packages and can have a parent object (optional). Diagrams can be moved from package to package.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The basic elements used in each type of diagram are shown below. After you have looked at these illustrations, go to the following topics:</span></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">If the diagram display is too small to read comfortably, click on the diagram, press and hold </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[Ctrl]</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> and use the mouse wheel to temporarily expand or reduce the display magnification.</span></p>
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